Logos 6.6 (6.6.0.0056) now available

Dylan Rondeau
Dylan Rondeau Member, Logos Employee Posts: 1,401
edited November 20 in English Forum

6.6 (6.6.0.0056) is available for download.

If you have automatic updates turned on, 6.6 will be downloaded automatically the next time your system checks for updates. To install it right away, enter the Update Now command. If you encounter problems with the auto update, download 6.6 using the appropriate link:

Release Notes

Mac
Windows

This release features:

  • Logos Now: Corresponding Words visual filter - highlights words in resources that have the same surface text/lemma/root as your selected word
  • Logos Now: Courses Tool - access your MobileEd course video & texts in one panel
  • Logos Now: Multiple Resources feature - create your own polyglot Bible, adding additional resources in the same panel as a main resource, with all of them sharing visual filters and display settings
  • Logos Now: New interactive, the Septuagint Manuscript Explorer - collects information on various manuscripts and fragments and makes it easily accessible
  • All users: The Cited By tool has been redesigned to improve performance and functionality. Collapse, expand, easily reorder and control which collections are used in the tool
  • All users: Improvements to the Visual Filter menu for more friendly and accessible display. VFs are grouped into categories which can be collapsed or expanded, hiding longer sections while keeping frequently-used options available
  • Numerous bug and crash fixes

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Comments

  • JH
    JH Member Posts: 801 ✭✭✭

    Great release! (Made all the better as a Logos Now subscriber...)

  • Pastor Michael Huffman
    Pastor Michael Huffman Member Posts: 634 ✭✭

    6.6 (6.6.0.0056) is available for download.

    If you have automatic updates turned on, 6.6 will be downloaded automatically the next time your system checks for updates. To install it right away, enter the Update Now command. If you encounter problems with the auto update, download 6.6 using the appropriate link:

    Release Notes

    Mac
    Windows

    This release features:

    • Logos Now: Corresponding Words visual filter - highlights words in resources that have the same surface text/lemma/root as your selected word
    • Logos Now: Courses Tool - access your MobileEd course video & texts in one panel
    • Logos Now: Multiple Resources feature - create your own polyglot Bible, adding additional resources in the same panel as a main resource, with all of them sharing visual filters and display settings
    • Logos Now: New interactive, the Septuagint Manuscript Explorer - collects information on various manuscripts and fragments and makes it easily accessible
    • All users: The Cited By tool has been redesigned to improve performance and functionality. Collapse, expand, easily reorder and control which collections are used in the tool
    • All users: Improvements to the Visual Filter menu for more friendly and accessible display. VFs are grouped into categories which can be collapsed or expanded, hiding longer sections while keeping frequently-used options available
    • Numerous bug and crash fixes

    Did I miss it, because I didn't see anything in the release notes that said that the "building Library Index" on every start up is fixed like I was told it would be.

    Pastor Michael Huffman, Th.A Th.B Th.M

  • Charles
    Charles Member Posts: 238 ✭✭

    Mac Problem:

    The services menu in both Word 2011 and Pages is still broken with this latest release. Clicking on "Replace with Passage" only brings up the Logos app and hangs either Word or Pages.  The "Copy Bible Verses" fortunately still works for both Word and Pages.

    Frankly, I'm getting tired of dealing with this every time we have an update of the Logos app. Surely someone is testing these releases on a Mac prior to going public with them?

    In Christ,

    Charles

    2017 27" iMac 5K, Mojave, 10.5" iPad Pro, iPhone 7+, iPhone 8, iOS 12.0, Catalina beta, iPadOS Beta  

  • Dylan Rondeau
    Dylan Rondeau Member, Logos Employee Posts: 1,401

    Did I miss it, because I didn't see anything in the release notes that said that the "building Library Index" on every start up is fixed like I was told it would be.

    Pastor Michael, I did reply to one of your posts on this issue. It's in the release notes (under Logos Now) as:

    Startup

    Fixed bug that forced resource discovery on launch for Logos Now customers. (Thread and Thread)

    Are you still experiencing this behavior after updating to 6.6?

    Dylan Rondeau, Software Tester

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  • Pastor Michael Huffman
    Pastor Michael Huffman Member Posts: 634 ✭✭

    Did I miss it, because I didn't see anything in the release notes that said that the "building Library Index" on every start up is fixed like I was told it would be.

    Pastor Michael, I did reply to one of your posts on this issue. It's in the release notes (under Logos Now) as:

    Startup

    Fixed bug that forced resource discovery on launch for Logos Now customers. (Thread and Thread)

    Are you still experiencing this behavior after updating to 6.6?

    Yes, I am and I am VERY frustrated at this point. I have been promised that the last two updates would solve my problem. But all I have is the same problem and a SLOWER program!!!! Someone at Logos needs to get something fixed on this!

    Pastor Michael Huffman, Th.A Th.B Th.M

  • Kenneth Neighoff
    Kenneth Neighoff Member Posts: 2,623 ✭✭✭

    Thanks for the updates in this release.

    Whatever caused my slow down on start up has been fixed.  Even though I could still work during that first hour, now it is down to just a few minutes.

  • Simon’s Brother
    Simon’s Brother Member Posts: 6,816 ✭✭✭

    Are you still experiencing this behavior after updating to 6.6?

    As someone who was experiencing the same issues at this point it is no longer happening. Having got past initial index for the update resources that downloaded I have now shut down and started up again a few times and preparing library is not occurring anymore every time I restart but I'd like to give it a few days before I would feel comfortable in saying it is resolved. It has been happening for what seems like forever and made using the software very unpleasant so I don't' want to be premature in calling the issue fixed for me too soon.  Hopefully Pastor Michael has a good outcome with the update.

  • David Bailey
    David Bailey Member Posts: 654

    Thanks for Logos 6.6.  Now please update the Help file for this.  [:)]

    David

  • Andrew Batishko
    Andrew Batishko Member, Administrator, Community Manager, Logos Employee Posts: 5,395

    Yes, I am and I am VERY frustrated at this point. I have been promised that the last two updates would solve my problem. But all I have is the same problem and a SLOWER program!!!! Someone at Logos needs to get something fixed on this!

    Just to clarify, have you done the following: Start the application after installing the update. Wait until all updating indicators go away (notification in the library windows is usually the one that sticks around the longest aside from indexing the library). Then exit the application. Run the application again. This should start up without the prior delay for discovering your library. If this is not the case, please post log files back to one of your many threads about this issue.

    Andrew Batishko | Logos software developer

  • Dylan Rondeau
    Dylan Rondeau Member, Logos Employee Posts: 1,401

    Thanks for Logos 6.6.  Now please update the Help file for this.  Smile

    David

    An update to the Help has been published to include the new features of version 6.6. [:)] We actually had it to correspond with the release, but ran into some difficulties getting it published.

    You should get the update the next time the app checks for resource updates.

    Dylan Rondeau, Software Tester

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  • Matt Chroninger
    Matt Chroninger Member Posts: 22

    Has anyone else see this update break column mode?  Auto doesn't seem to matter after you click on different panes, selecting a number gives you one less column (e.g. pick 3, get 2).

  • Matt Chroninger
    Matt Chroninger Member Posts: 22

    Actually just changing focus between different panes of my layout causes the column count to decrease one by one until it's just 1 column.  It doesn't seem to matter what setting it's on.

  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton MVP Posts: 35,770

    selecting a number gives you one less column (e.g. pick 3, get 2).

    It may be reverting to Auto (2) as the width won't properly support 3 or more columns?

    Dave
    ===

    Windows 11 & Android 13

  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton MVP Posts: 35,770

    Actually just changing focus between different panes of my layout causes the column count to decrease one by one until it's just 1 column.  It doesn't seem to matter what setting it's on.

    I haven't seen this, so a screen shot of your layout would help.

    Provide details of your operating system. Do you use multiple monitors?

    Dave
    ===

    Windows 11 & Android 13

  • Matt Chroninger
    Matt Chroninger Member Posts: 22

    Here's a video of what's going in OS X - macbook pro - no external display.

    8130.Logos Column Weirdness.mp4

  • Dan Francis
    Dan Francis Member Posts: 5,339 ✭✭✭

    While I have a major issue with this release. The locator bar is unusable unless i turn program scaling down to 100%, which makes everything else too small to comfortably use. is there anyway to have program scaling set to 140% so it is comfortable to read without making the location bar completely useless?

    -Dan

  • David Bailey
    David Bailey Member Posts: 654

    Thanks for Logos 6.6.  Now please update the Help file for this.  Smile

    David

    An update to the Help has been published to include the new features of version 6.6. Smile We actually had it to correspond with the release, but ran into some difficulties getting it published.

    You should get the update the next time the app checks for resource updates.

    Thank you Dylan.  I like the new Cited By tool.

  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton MVP Posts: 35,770

    Here's a video of what's going in OS X

    I've notified Faithlife as bug reports may get missed in this thread.

    I note a similar/same issue is reported in https://community.logos.com/forums/t/115666.aspx

    Dave
    ===

    Windows 11 & Android 13

  • Jonathan Haas
    Jonathan Haas Member, Logos Employee Posts: 31

    The locator bar is unusable unless i turn program scaling down to 100%, which makes everything else too small to comfortably use.

    -Dan

    Hi Dan,

    Thanks for pointing this out! I've created a case to get this taken care of.

    -Jonathan

  • BillS
    BillS Member Posts: 3,805 ✭✭✭

    Not sure exactly when it happened, but I installed this updated yesterday (& a Microsoft update for mouse, today), & suddenly my Smart Tags aren't working again. Argh!

    EDIT: Fixed it... while  L4SmrtTg.dll WAS in the new 6.6.0.0056 directory, it apparently hadn't been registered or loaded. Since all the batch files to restore it depended on a Logos5/System directory, I recreated it, copied the dll to it, & they successfully got me back in business.

    Grace & Peace,
    Bill


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